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Feb. 20, 1923.

G. G. GCKE. LUNCH CABINET. FILED Aue.9.'1sz1.

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G. G. GOCKE.

LUNCH cABlNET.

Feb. 20, 192.3,

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FILED AUG-9,1921.

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GUSTAN" G. GOCKVE, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

LUNCH CABINET.

Application filed August 9, 1921. Serial No. 430,922.

v To lall whom t concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv G. Grooms, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California., have invented a Lunch Cabinet, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to lunch casesand its principal object resides in the provision of a cabinet or case in which a pluralityv yof food, either liquid or solid, and retain the same in al hot or cold state as the requirements may be.l c Y A yfurther object of the invention is to provide a thermos 'tube which may contain a heated liquid such as coffee or solid food in the cold state suchy as block ice cream, together with a common means forlcontrolling the discharge of the contents of the tube.

It isalso an object of the invention to pro# vide a. thermos receptacle of this character employing aout-ofi' or valve provided with a discharge spout at one side thereof, thus, when the tube contains a liquidthe cut-ofi'1 or valve is adapted to be moved to a position where the Vdischarge spout will register with the bore of the receptacle to permit part of thecontents thereof to flow therefrom, and, when containing solids is adapted to be moved to a position where it ,will be disposed to one side of the receptacle.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the novel combination of elements, construction and arrangement of parts and op-l erations to be hereinafter referred to and explicitly deinedin thesubjoined claims.`

On the drawings, f v. Figure 1 is a front elevation of the lunch cabinet constructed in accordance. with my invention, parts being broken away to show one of the thermos receptacles mounted therein,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet in open position, parts being broken away,

Fig. 3` is a view'partly in elevation and partly in cross section of the thermos receptacle,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 4 4 of Fig. y3,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary bottom plan view showing the relative positions of the cut-oil",

Fig. 6 is ar perspective of the control lever and coil spring used in conjunction therewith, i

ig.y 7 is a detkilfview of thecut-o'" or y l valve,` l f .Fig 8 is a vertical, piston or follower the invention, yand sectional viewof 'the `used 1n. conjunctlon wlthl Fig. 9 is a horizontalsectional view taken i on line 9-9 of Fig.V

Referring ein detail to the drawings.

whereinsimilar characters of reference des' ignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, thev numeral 5 designates a cabinet open at one side and at the top there- A door 6 isr hinged to the lower edge of the cabinet 5 rand is adapted `to close the open Vside thereof when not in use. When the'cabinet is in vuse this door I 6 is suspended in horizontal position as shown inFig.= .2-by. y

rality of thermos receptacles adaptedto contain eitherlsolid orv liquid foody yandretain the same either .in a cold or hotstate as the requirements `may be.= As thesethermos rc ceptacles are identical inV constructionand detail descriptionone Will-suflice for all.

My improved thermos receptacle. comprises a c horizontally disposed casting `10 formedv with abracket 11 at one endsecured withinjthe cabinet 5 by fastenin'gs 12. This casting 10 is formed with a threaded open ing 13 in which one end of a dou'ble walled cylinder or receptacle is threaded. j

The numeral 15 designates an operating leverformed with any insulated handle-16 at one en d. The opposite end vof this leve-r 15 is` formed with Van upstanding pivot pin 16' 'and tothe sides ofthe cabwhich is received inwa. vertical bore in 'the' casting 10.` This pivot pin 16 is held against longitudinal movement by a set screw` 1S passing through the' casting 10 andthreadcd in an opening 19in the pin '16.-v Thezrlever 15 is formed with a boss 20 intermediatel its ends-y provided with a central opening 21. Normally closing the lower end of the tube 14 is an elongated plate valve22 which carries adepending stem. 23 positioned in the opening 21 in the boss 20. `In orderfto 4 lhold the plater valve 22 firmly against the `lower` end of the tube 14 a coil spring 24 is provided which encircles the stem 23and has one end accommodated in the opening 21 and its opposite end positioned against the under face of the plate valve 22. rlhe plate valve 22is providedfwith discharge openino' 25 adjacent one end thereof and formed with the under face of this plate valve and registering with the opening 25 is an angularly disposed discharge pipe 26.

ln order to prevent the entrance of air into the cylinder 14 by way of the upper end thereof therey is provided a piston or Vfollower designated in its entirety at 27. This piston oil follower comprises a cylinder 28 carrying gaskets `or packing rings 29 which insure tight fit of the piston vor follower wlth the inner wallof the cylinder 14. s, cap 30 is threaded in the lower end of the cylinder t28 while a second cap 31 is threaded in the upper end of this cylinder .and is provided with a handle or lrnob 32. lll/*hen the tube lll is used tolcontain cold objects such as cakes of ice cream the piston or follower is filled with ice or any other cooling agent.

States is As illustrated in Fig. 3 the cylinder 14 is iilleld with a liquid. ln this instance in order -todispense the liquid therefrom the lever 15 will be moved to the right 'as shown in full lines` in'Fig. However, when the tube contains solids the lever 15 will be moved to the left as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. f

It is to be understood that the form of my invention hereinshown and described is to be ytaken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim Aas new and desire 'to secure and protect by Letters Patent of the United vl. A dispensing receptacle comprising a supported cylindrical tube, a plate valve normally closing the lower end ofthe tube and provided with adischarge spout, the plate valve being` capable of being moved Ato a position to dispose the spout in registration with the tube when the latter contains a liquid to permit the liquid to be discharged therefrom, the plate valve being capable of being` moved to a position to clear the tube whenthe latter contains solid articles.

2. A dispensing receptacle comprising a supported cylindricalv tube, a plate valve normally closing the lower end of the tube and provided with a discharge spout, the plate valve being capable of being moved to a positionto-dispose the spout in registration with the tube when thevlatter contains a liquid to permit the liquid to be discharged therefrom, the plate valve being capable of being moved to a position to clear the tube when the latterwcontains solid artiinattesa valve and disposed adjacent one end thereofA so that upon moving the handle in lone direction the discharge spout will register with the tube and upon moving the handle linthe opposite direction the plate valve will clear the tube.

a. i thermos receptacle comprising a double walled tube supported in a, vertical plane and adapted to containfsolids or vliquid, a handle pivoted below the lower end of the tube, a plate `valve carried thereby' and normally covering the lower end of the tube, a discharge spout depending from the late valve and disposed adjacent one end thereof'so that upon moving the handlev in one direction the discharge'spout will register with the tube and upon moving the handle in the opposite directionthe plate valve will clear the tube, and a piston in the tube adapted to move downwardly when the plate valve is in open position or when the discharge spout is in registration with the tube.

5. A thermos dispensing receptacle comprising a double walled tube, means for sup,- porting the same in a vertical plane, a control lever pivoted belowthel lower end of the tube, a spring urged plate valve carried by the lever and normally held against the lower' end of the tube, and a discharge spout depending from the plate valve and adapted to register with the tube when the lever is moved in one direct-ion, the lever being adapted to be moved in the reverse direction to dispose the plate valve to one side of the tube.

6. ln a thermos receptable, a supported casting provided with an opening, a tube mounted in the opening,'an operating lever pivoted to the casting to swing about the horizontal axis and provided withr a central opening intermediate its ends, a plate valve normally closing the lower end of the tube, a stem depending therefrom and engaged in the opening, a coil spring encircling the stein and holding the plate valve against the lower end of the tube, and a discharge spout depending from the plate valve.

7. In a dispensing receptacle, a casting, a bracket carried thereby to be attached to a support, the casting being provided with an opening and also provided with a vertical bore to one side of the opening, a tubesup- JLA-46,00@ e ka ported in the opening adapted to contain of the tube, a stem dependingJ therefrom and either a liquid or solid, an operating levei` engaged in the openingin the boss, and e fisposed below the casting and including Coil springaccommodated in the opening-10 a vertical pin mounted for pivotal moveand urging the plate valve against the lowerl` nient in the bore, the lever being also proend of the tube. 4

vided with a boss having an opening therein, f t

a plate valve normally closing the lower end GUSTAV G. GOCKE. 

